Council Decision (CFSP) 2024/1074 of 12 April 2024 amending Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

• CELEX: Decision (CFSP) 2024/1074
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Article 1

The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

The following entries are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies under heading B ‘Legal persons, entities and bodies’ in the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2020/1999:

Names (Transliteration into Latin script)

Names

Identifying information

Reasons for listing

Date of listing

‘24.

Al-Quds Brigades

a.k.a. Sarāyā al-Quds

سرايا القدس

(Arabic spelling)

Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon

The Al-Quds Brigades are the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organisation which is subject to Union restrictive measures.

On 7 October 2023, Al-Quds Brigades fighters committed jointly with Hamas brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. In so doing, they also committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using it as a weapon of war.

Notably, Al-Quds Brigades fighters were involved in attacks on kibbutzim such as Kfar Aza and Nahal Oz, where grave forms of sexual and gender-based violence were committed including rape, murder of female infants and the targeted abduction of women and girls.

The Al-Quds Brigades are therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.

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25.

Nukhba Force

a.k.a. Al-Nukhba

نخبة

(Arabic spelling)

Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon

The Nukhba Force is a special forces unit of the Hamas terrorist organisation which is subject to Union restrictive measures.

On 7 October 2023, Nukhba Force fighters committed brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. In so doing, they also committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using it as a weapon of war.

Notably, Nukhba Force fighters infiltrated, amongst others, the Kibbutz Kfar Aza and paraglided into Re’im (Nova) music festival. In both places, Nukhba Force fighters committed widespread and systematic sexual and gender-based violence, including the rape and subsequent murder of female minors, mutilation of corpses as well as genital mutilation.

The Nukhba Force is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.

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26.

Qassam Brigades

a.k.a. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades; AQB

Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon

The Qassam Brigades are the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organisation which is subject to Union restrictive measures.

On 7 October 2023, Qassam Brigades fighters committed brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. In so doing, they also committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using it as a weapon of war, including the sexual abuse of minors and corpses, genital mutilations and the targeted abduction of women and girls.

The Qassam Brigades are therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union.

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